Beto’s Bar Blog LA had been dormant for quite some time, but he recently started up again with an excellent post about some gone-but-not-forgotten Eastside bars. Go ahead and take a tour, maybe you’ll recognize some places you might have visited.
Above, Beto’s pic of the spot where Hanstad’s used to be in Lincoln Heights.
Thanks Chavo for the plug! And also for naming Hanstads bar for me.
Pues, he forgot the California Nihgt Club. It’s famous, you know. It was on the show cops.
As far as I know, the California Club is still open. I did this about bars that are closed down. I will add it to a future post if it’s confirmed closed.
Really? I haven’t seen it open in, at least, the last year. I always loved people watching as I drove by there. The spelling on their sign is classic.
I’ve always loved how the liquor store sign next door says “IQ or Liquor”. How true, how true…
There were some drunken plans made by a group of us LH folks to re-open Hanstandts as a private bar ala Elks Lodge. Sadly, we are all talk and no dinero.